For the last 20 years, Matt Thibideau has been involved in making electronic music.?He started off with his Moog Prodigy, a 4 track, and a drum machine. Matt dove into?making     electronic, industrial pop songs in 1989-1990. His basement soon became the?place where he and his twin brother Mark would start their first project called the?Waxbean Orchard. This was all in a small town called “Wallaceburg” Ontario (located?close the American border not far from Detroit).?Over time Matt’s interest in electronic music grew and he relocated to Toronto where?his chances of releasing records & performing grew. He dove into making ambient?and techno music after experiencing some of the local underground parties.?This lead to several releases on Blue Recordings in the mid to late 90’s. Matt’s monikor?at the time was “Altitude”.  This started a chain reaction of working with other local?labels such as Chair and Cynosure Recordings.?Matt was also performing with the likes of Jeremy Caulfield, Mike Shannon, Adam?Marshal, Jeff Milligan, Mike Huckaby, Ritchie Hawtin, Akufen and Peter Grove. He and Mark started working on a new project called “Repair” in 2001. It was?dedicated to all of the old broken synthesizers that they had in their studio. This was?quickly signed to both Sub-Static records (Germany) as “V-Wreck” and Dumb-Unit?records (Canada at that time)  as “Blackline Display”.?Matt followed up this project with solo releases on Cynosure and Sub-Static records?around 2003.?He has performed live at several venues and festivals and does not use a laptop to do?so. Venues such as Mutek (Montreal), C.O. pop festival (Cologne), Observatori?(Valencia), Bunker (NYC), Break & Enter (Toronto), Tempo (Toronto), Watergate?(Berlin) and Oslo (Detroit) have welcomed his live performances. Currently Matt has completed a record for Deep Data (Berlin) that focuses on a?special instrument called the “Synclavier”. Matt (along with some friends) also started?a small label called “Obsolete Components” based on using his old synths.?These synthesizers are his inspiration for new sounds and ideas.?His love for these vintage instruments gets incorporated into all of his projects.